Variety has confirmed CHUD’s December scoop that Rhette Reese and Paul Wernick, writers of the 2008 horror/comedy Zombieland, have been tapped by 20th Century Fox to write the studio’s upcoming X-Men Origins: Deadpool.

Ryan Reynolds will reprise his role as Wade Wilson/Deadpool, whom he portrayed in last summer’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. There’s still no time table on release, but production will have to wait until after Reynolds wraps work on Green Lantern this summer (which is scheduled to be released June 17, 2011).